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Heidi - thanks for participating!!! She needs the data within 2-3 weeks. If you have any questions, let me know! I hope your smashed knee is okay!!

Speaking of knees...mine is hurting and the pain keeps moving from the inside through the knee cap and now on the outside.  This has been going on for about two weeks.  The pain has slowly moved places.  I am not sure why.  I have stayed off the bike.  But have kept running.  It doesn't hurt WHILE I run but does hurt later.  I hit the ibuprofen and should ice it tonight. 

Just a thought: I am envious of people who are training for IMs in 2009.  I can't wait to say I am training for one! 

I asked Jorge about the 115% of LTHR because I cannot hit that doing the intervals.  I can hit 100% sometimes and a little over, but even then my average is less than 100%.  He told me that is one of the limitations of training with HR vs. power.  At that point he said that I should just go as hard as I can and get the RPE up.  In reality, I may be pushing harder using HR than if I had a power meter! The current video here on BT that talks about power has some comments about this.  It might be worth listening to if you have the time.

Very very true.  Power is real time feedback, HR is delayed.  If you do a 30 second quick spin, watching power, and watching HR, power changes the first second you apply more force.  HR lags though.  If you watch, by the time your done with that 30 sec interval, your HR may just be catching up, or it will spike when your interval is over, and then drop.

Training with HR has its limitations because essentially your HR top out is your HR top out.  What you are training within your HR zones is your power, your speed.  Those can change.  Your max HR will rarely change much if at all if you have done your time trial test properly.    If you have a speedometer, it may be beneficial to monitor that also when you do your testing and you can set speed zones.    that is how I trained most of last year when I wasnt working with power.  HR was a  secondary number when doing intervals.

Well, it depends on which one you buy of course, but the one I would like is the PowerTap Wireless and I think they are around $1200. 

I have never been close to the podium for a race and I have never won my ag, though I placed at one or two sprints, so I don't know if I could ever justify buying one.

Of course, I can't really justify the aero wheels I just purchased, except that I sold my mountain bike and used the money from it to keep the money in "biking"!

Yea I got lucky, its not the newest version but I'm with you tough to shell out $1500 for a meter.  If your around in the summer we are always looking for more people to train with.  The local bike club did a race your way that went across Indiana it think its called RAIN.  They tried to get me to do it last year but 160 miles did not fit into my IMKY training plans.  Sounds like a blast though so I may try it this year if no other races are coming up.  What is your brother-in-laws name? I am on a couple boards with UF people.

I had a couple friends do RAIN.  One year they were miserable due to the heat and the next year, they got a break from the heat and a westerly wind which pushed them along pretty well.  I will look you up when I come out later in the spring/summer.  I bought my aero wheels from some racer down near Dayton.  Ohio has a strong bike community.

Mark Smith is my brother-in-law.  He works with the equestrian school.

Hey guys, wish me luck!  I go in for my knee surgery tomorrow.  HOpefully it will be a quick easy smooth operation like the doc thinks it will be.   I'll let you guys know this weekend how it went!

 Hope everyone is having a good training week!

Good LUCK,   hopefully just a quick cleanout!  Injuries suck!

Good Luck!  I am sure with your fitness level, you will recover quickly!

Sending good vibes your way Kellie! Hope everything goes great and you heal quickly!

Kellie - I will be thinking about ya! Let us know how it turns out! 

Pool swim sprint in April.